Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Syed amjad08/Archive

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Similar names, both edit Sachin Vashist. A short time after Syed amjad contested the deletion for Aakash Kumar Jha on the talk page, MortalSyed removed the CSD G11 template, citing the same reason as amjad. Same style of small, rapid edits on Sachin Vasnist. WhoAteMyButter ( 📨talk │ 📝contribs ) 04:38, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I believe they made the account to give the illusion that the article is fine as-is, and to contest the deletion twice as it's page creator - bypassing the rule that page creators cannot remove CSD templates from a page they created. WhoAteMyButter  ( 📨talk │ 📝contribs ) 04:44, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

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 * . : To confirm the relationship between the accounts and shake the sock drawer to see what might fall out. --Jack Frost (talk) 06:38, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅, ST47 (talk) 20:22, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

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Very similar username, shared interest in Indian politics and politicians, unexplained vandalism to User talk:Syed amjad08  — twotwofourtysix (My talk page and contributions) 03:04, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

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 * Already checked, blocked and tagged. Closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 07:53, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

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Similar username, continued work in and other Indian political pages  — twotwofourtysix (My talk page and contributions) 05:58, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
 * The many redirect pages that they have created may be eligible for CSD G5.  — twotwofourtysix (My talk page and contributions) 06:01, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅,, marked as 3x banned ST47 (talk) 19:45, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

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Continued work in pages created by the alleged sockpuppeteer. Also, considering that with a similar username and similar interest in Indian politics was blocked as a sockpuppet of, this case should probably merged with that one if there is enough evidence for it.  — twotwofourtysix (My talk page and contributions) 00:00, 5 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Also, considering that the user seems intent on recreating articles deleted under G5 with similar layout, previously created by a sockpuppet of, this seems fishy to me.  — twotwofourtysix (My talk page and contributions) 07:42, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked, tagged, closing. Note that there appears to be a good deal of overlap between this group and Arshifakhan61; precise relationship is unclear. GeneralNotability (talk) 14:43, 17 September 2021 (UTC)

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After exactly 4 days and 10 edits, they started creating fully formed articles about Indian politicians. That is all they have done, and the articles are rather identical to the ones created by previous socks, e.g. User:TryingToDo. See also this Teahouse question and compare with this recent thread initiated by a previous sock.

Sheikh911 has now created Shadab Chauhan, previously created by User:Amjad090909 and User:Syed amjad08; there is an overlap here with another SPI, Sockpuppet investigations/Syed amjad08. See also Draft:Shadab Chouhan and the deletion log of Shadab Chouhan. bonadea contributions talk 13:55, 17 September 2021 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, tagged, closing. See note on the 05 September case about the relationship between this case and Arshifakhan. GeneralNotability (talk) 14:44, 17 September 2021 (UTC)

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Creates new Indian politician pages, edits politics-related articles. See deleted history for Sachin Vashist. I have requested a CU to confirm and to check for other accounts. I have one other in mind because of some overlap with Bihariboy Rahul, but the behavioral evidence is less strong for. Bbb23 (talk) 12:45, 29 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 18:00, 11 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Bihariboy Rahul, Abhisekh Raj, and Sheikh911 (from the archives) are all ✅ to each other based on checkuser data, and those three are all  to Syed amjad08 based on CU log data.  -- RoySmith (talk) 18:14, 11 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Per the above check by, I am blocking and tagging -- TNT (talk • she/they) 23:23, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

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Created draft which was then almost exclusively edited by recently blocked sock Abhisekh Raj. Other than that, it is hard to tell, as their other contribs are deleted. Can someone with access to deleted contribs please look these over and advise if this is worth following up? Obviously, no checkuser needed yet. If the deleted contribs don't back this up, this should be closed as there would be insufficient evidence otherwise. &#32;Mako001 (talk) 13:40, 16 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * There was enough behavioral overlap that I ran a check on and compared to  and .  All three geolocate to the same country, but that's the only similarity, so basically ❌. -- RoySmith (talk) 02:09, 23 December 2021 (UTC)

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HumDDZ has recreated Draft:Acme Group India as Draft:Acme Cleantech Solutions with at least an identical lead and identical sources, similar edit summaries to past socks, specifically this one PRAXIDICAE💕  14:44, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Also overlap here with  PRAXIDICAE💕  15:17, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * Between the draft similarities and edit summary similarities (across a number of accounts), I'm convinced that this is probably the same person, or, if not that, someone working closely with Syed.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 04:58, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

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Similar editing pattern to previous accounts: strong focus on Indian politics (compare, e.g.,  to ), intermixed with spam creations (cf. Henry Harvin, Faisal Shaikh (influencer) by Poli Hunt, Draft:Acme Group India, Rahul Sasi by, Anmol Joon by ...) Similar edit summary patterns - compare , ,. All accounts use the mobile web editor & advanced mobile editor. Both Poli Hunt and previous sock Amjad4life claim to be based in Bihar. Similar timecards. There is some additional evidence related to this SPI that I have sent to checkuser-en-wp. Spicy (talk) 08:39, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

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 * Will leave open for now pending review of the information sent to the CU list. Spicy (talk) 08:40, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
 * In the light of the evidence submitted, both here and in private, I am confident that and  are operated by the same person. The technical evidence is not particularly strong: Poli Hunt appears to be editing from the same IP ranges as previous socks, but these ranges are quite common and the UA is different; that said, the style, focus, and the other elements submitted in Ticket#2022083110004221 – coupled with  – are, in my opinion, conclusive.   Salvio 10:32, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I've tagged the account. Closing. Spicy (talk) 11:17, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
 * FWIW, while digging into Sockpuppet investigations/GermanKity, I found data which lets me say that is also ✅ to Syed amjad08, so I'll retag. -- RoySmith (talk) 11:57, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * User Botu Yadav created the page "Millat Times" . According to him, it was notability. He had also made a request for review. but senior editor has suspected paid editing on this user


 * The user looks very experienced as they have already applied for page reviewer status


 * A few days ago this user created the page "Faisal Shaikh". This page has already been deleted twice in Afd. But this is doubtful because the title of this page has been created under different names. ( Paid editing is suspected )


 * Faisal Shaikh (actor)
 * Faisal Shaikh (TikTok)
 * Faisal Shaikh (influencer)


 * Their connection with Sockpuppet investigations/GermanKity/Archive Group is matching. That makes me suspect that this one might belong to that group as well.


 * Botu Yadav and DMySon have a difference of one minute while editing on page Krishan Pal Malik

>Special:Diff/1079790660 >Special:Diff/1079790688 >Special:Diff/1079790705 >Special:Diff/1079790774


 * You can see in Diff that what Botu Yadav has written about Manto yadav is a bit strange

>Special:Diff/1090585366


 * An attempt was made to give a mobile number to Botu Yadav from an IP (27.5.95.73) (Small Fact Check - This number belongs to a political coordinate named Vipin Yadav )


 * Botu Yadav has changed his username (Poli Hunt) PravinGanechari (talk) 13:03, 12 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I have no allegation or suspicion on "MPGuy2824" as I have no evidence but there was an attempt to give the number to "MPGuy2824" from the same IP PravinGanechari (talk) 10:04, 16 August 2022 (UTC)

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 * I am not connected to any other users, in any way and about edits timing with DMySon is nothing, i made edits after 1 minute to many users not just DMySon. I had asked some questions to DMySon in my beginning of Editing Wikipedias. Now, i ask MPGuy2824 and also asked sometimes to DaxServer. Someone, leave their contact on my Talkpage but i had never made any contact to anyone regarding paid jobs. If i would take paid jobs then i would never create any articles other than those you mentioned. Millat Times is a famous news websites. Faisal Shaikh is a Influencer on Instagram and other Social media sites. I was really unaware that Faisal Shaikh's article has been deleted before with other names. Poli Hunt (talk) 08:20, 16 August 2022 (UTC)


 * About writing about Manto yadav, I mistakenly clicked on ⭐ Star sign, on Manto yadav profile. MER-C was running Investigation on it so i wrote that there. But after some time i removed it because i felt that i made the mistake, also by writing on Talkpage. You can geolocate me, I am at non other than Bihar. I am not connected to anyone, this is truth. I don't know how can i show you this. Rejoy2003 is continuously making edits on Faisal Shaikh (influencer), I don't know who is this user. I haven't earned a Penny from Wikipedia, also don't want to earn. My old username was my known name, by which my dear ones call me, so i changed it because i know that Wikipedia is a very famous encyclopaedia. Everyone wants to have an article on it. Please try to understand. I made some mistakes, by editing just at the time when DMySon was editing Krishan Pal Malik and writing about Manto yadav on MER-C talkpage. —— Poli Hunt (talk) 15:39, 16 August 2022 (UTC)

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 * This account is much more like Xenen1970 than GermanKity. The only difference is an Indian focus as opposed to an African one. MER-C 09:42, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
 * This account has been blocked at WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Syed amjad08. I'm confident that it's not GermanKity or Xenen1970. Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 11:22, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
 * - This section should be moved to Sockpuppet investigations/Syed amjad08 before archiving. -- RoySmith (talk) 12:05, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
 * If someone wants to merge this, that's fine, but I elected to close this without merging because the filing does not really contain any actionable evidence. Spicy (talk) 19:10, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
 * RoySmith - ✅. Closing SPI...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   00:48, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
 * @Oshwah: Did you intentionally make this a histmerge instead of a section move? Because there is now a fair bit of missing history at Sockpuppet investigations/GermanKity that – as far as I can tell – should still be over there as opposed to here. --Blablubbs (talk) 14:19, 9 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Blablubbs - Not intentionally, no. I used the SPI helper script to perform the move, which from there does its own thing. I have noticed lately that the moves have been done pretty incorrectly and often not even done completely... I'll put this on my to-do and I'll take a look. I want to make sure that histories are accurate. Thanks for letting me know... :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   17:02, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * Saiee Manjrekar page has been created by this user five times from 2020 to 2022 . And the user himself has admitted that he has a connection with it in response to a question from the senior editor . So it looks like this user must have been paid for this page.


 * In Poli Hunt's case, I had added this user but due to lack of connection between the two and it being a Muslim name, I removed the name from SPI on August 12 . On August 13, Poli changed the username  and on August 14, this user also changed the username. It seems that this user has some connection with that user. PravinGanechari (talk) 08:01, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

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 * The evidence here is that they are allegedly being paid and changed their username. These things are lightyears away from being probative even when combined, and I'm seeing ample behavioural differences between ItsMdAdnan and Syed amjad socks. – if you want to pursue the COI angle, you will have to raise it in a more suitable venue.  --Blablubbs (talk) 11:40, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Both accounts have limited editing history and have voted keep on AfD Articles for deletion/Pankaj Choudhary (professor) (2nd nomination). Like, User:Rath Butcher was inactive since September 2022 (became active again this month when Pankaj Choudhary (professor) ‎was re-nominated for deletion. GermanKity's socks have recreated this assistant professor's article multiple times, so there must be some connection between these accounts. US-Verified (talk) 16:26, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

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 * The CU data isn't great, but I'd say both of these are to GermanKity.  On they other hand, they're  to Sockpuppet investigations/Syed amjad08 -- RoySmith (talk) 22:48, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Tagged to Syed, based on 's likely to Syed, and this should get archived at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Syed amjad08 by clerk. UtherSRG (talk) 16:19, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I've moved the case and tagged the accounts as they were not tagged previously. You can use to flag a case for clerk action. Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 16:25, 1 June 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
More socking on Articles_for_deletion/Pankaj_Choudhary_(professor)_(2nd_nomination) UtherSRG (talk) 12:37, 3 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * , but it's really no more than geolocating to the same large country. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:03, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Closing per my comments at 05 June 2023 -- RoySmith (talk) 18:07, 6 June 2023 (UTC)

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Another new user with similar editing habits to the puppeteer and several of their socks, such as Kinkordada, who I mistakenly reported under another sock, Sockpuppet investigations/Rath Butcher.  Onel 5969  TT me 10:05, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

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The AfD discussion Articles_for_deletion/Pankaj_Choudhary_(professor)_(2nd_nomination) would benefit more generally from a look from people with experience in sockpuppetry and WP:UPE. There are a large number of non-policy-based keep !votes from users with a small number of edits (a bit over where I would tag as an SPA) who have not previously shown any interest in AfD. It could be just canvassing or meat puppetry, but the pattern is unusual, and I am finding my assumption of good faith to be severely tested. Russ Woodroofe (talk) 17:18, 6 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * Onosco23 doesn't look like either Syed amjad08 or GermanKity (mentioned at Sockpuppet investigations/Rath Butcher). It's pretty common for newbie pile-ons at AfDs to be friends and/or fans canvassed off-wiki, and that appears to be the case here.  I'm certainly not going to check everybody who !voted to keep.  My recommendation is to just use spa as appropriate and trust to the closer to filter them accordingly. -- RoySmith (talk) 18:04, 6 June 2023 (UTC)

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Julie568 created a page Ekar which was deleted in 2017 previously and was drafted in March 2023 (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:Ekar&action=history). Then User:Intellectual I - recreates and publishes the same page with a slightly different name. Then User:Rath Butcher emotionally defends the page on AfD procedure. It's definitely the same people, at least the one blocked (Julie568) and the one who republished (Intellectual I). BoraVoro (talk) 05:45, 24 May 2023 (UTC)


 * I see that Rath Butcher was blocked as a sock puppet of the other user. Maybe the cases should be connected  BoraVoro (talk) 06:36, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * I've blocked Intellectual I as NOTHERE / likely UPE. Don't know if they're a sock of Julie or a different hired gun; doesn't really matter, so declining CU as unnecessary. you blocked Rath as a GermanKity sock. Should this be merged there?  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 22:35, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I blocked Rath as a Syed amjad08 sock, so should probably be merged there. - UtherSRG (talk) 23:01, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
 * All right, moving to Syed amjad08. I'll tag Julie and Intellectual as suspected to that. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 23:41, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

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recreation of Bharat Singh Kushwah article DSP2092 talk  14:06, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

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 * - Admantine123 is an account with a long-term established editing history. I'll need more than just "recreated an article" to justify running CU. RoySmith (talk) 23:35, 27 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Not enough evidence was presented. . MarioGom (talk) 19:33, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

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Strong interest in Tipu Sultan Masjid Tollygunge, which was created by a previous sock. - UtherSRG (talk) 15:39, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

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 * I came here while reviewing the articles for WLMA 2024. I have met at Wikimania Singapore and he is an established contributer to Wikimedia spaces, including the technical areas. It is very unlikely that he'd be part of this sockfarm. Just because someone makes a few edits to any article, which was created or contributed to by socks, is not a behavioral evidence of socking in my opinion. Best regards, ─  Aafī   (talk)  14:38, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Wtf is this lol., could you explain how four years of technical contributions on Phabricator and Wikimedia Gerrit (including over 70 patches to MediaWiki extensions, most of which are in relation to Wikisource) fits into your story of me being a sock of , who as far as I know, has no history of contributing to technical areas).
 * Also for the record, I have no issues being check-usered, however as a heads up, I do tend to travel a fair bit and tend to edit from public networks (which includes university/college wifi), thus my IP might colocate with other contributors a fair bit. A list of all accounts I publicly declare can be found here. Sohom (talk) 15:55, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Hrm... It's been a few weeks, so I'm not exactly I was thinking. Maybe I misread 's info as yours in the history of the masjid article, after Syed's puppet as the creator of that article. - UtherSRG (talk) 18:27, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

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 * I don't see grounds to run a check on any of the accounts mentioned here. Spicy (talk) 16:11, 30 March 2024 (UTC)